By Chris Elliott……. So has a year passed already? No, but the CyprusScene.com FREE Enewspaper has just celebrated the publication of its 12th weekly edition for followers to read on-line or download for more convenient reading and sharing with their friends.

The Minister of Economy and Energy Özdil Nami stated that Turkish Cypriots have equal rights to all blocks in the Eastern Mediterranean, where the Greek Cypriot Administration is currently conducting hydrocarbon exploration activities.

President Mustafa Akıncı has stated that, despite the Greek Cypriot side not being ready for a comprehensive settlement on the Cyprus questions, there is an urgent need for them to come to a compromise with Turkish Cypriots on the issue of natural gas.

By Ahmet Abdulaziz…….. On 15th February 2018, the winners of the 2017 TRNC RAPA Drift Championship and 2017 TRNC Carting were awarded with prizes in a ceremony held at Bedestan in Lefkoşa near the Selimiye Mosque.

Blog Stats

First time visitors to Cyprusscene.com

TRNC 14 Day Weather Forecast – Click Picture

Currency Converter

U.S. Navy Destroyer heads to Black Sea

U.S. Navy Destroyer heads to Black Sea

The USS Truxtun, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer, is heading to the Black Sea for what the U.S. military on March 6 described as a “routine” deployment that was scheduled well before the crisis in Ukraine.

The announcement came a day after Turkish authorities confirmed having given permission to a U.S. Navy warship to pass through the Bosphorus within the next two days.

Also on March 5, the Pentagon unveiled plans to put more U.S. fighter jets on a NATO air patrol mission in the Baltics, moving to reassure allies alarmed by Russia’s effective seizure of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea.

Crimea is home to Russia’s Black Sea military base in Sevastopol. The U.S. Navy said in a statement that the Truxtun left Greece on Thursday en route to the Black Sea and would conduct training with Romanian and Bulgarian naval forces.

“While in the Black Sea, the ship will conduct a port visit and routine, previously planned exercises with allies and partners in the region,” the Navy said in a statement, without offering additional details.

“Truxtun’s operations in the Black Sea were scheduled well in advance of her departure from the United States.”

The ship, which has a crew of about 300 sailors, is part of an aircraft carrier strike group that deployed from the United States in mid-February.